War in the Bulkans: Conflict Briefing: Day 27

Monday 19 April 1999 23:02 BST

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UNHCR plans to move 40,000 refugees sleeping rough in bad weather in northern Albania, with the help of Albanian forces, to a point 15 miles from the border. They will then be airlifted by US forces to camps at Tirana, Shkroda and Elbasan.

On Sunday, 688 refugees were flown out of Skopje in Macedonia, 340 to Belgium and 348 to France.